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Jobless Claims
Climb, Showing
Uneven Recovery

WASHINGTON -- The number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits rebounded last week, signaling that the job market's recovery remains uneven.

Initial jobless claims rose by a larger-than-expected 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000, the Labor Department said. That reversed most of the previous week's 25,000 decline. The four-week average, however, fell by 5,500 to 343,250.